I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.

Vanity is normal in performers. Does it bother other people? All the time. But nine times out of 10, that says more about them than you.

I spent my entire experience with Gary on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time on The Dark Knight Rises I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him.

I'm from East Sheen, I went to public school where I learned Latin at the age of nine, and certain expectations were made of me to go to St Paul's, Oxbridge maybe, and all that kind of thing. And I failed systematically to meet the mark - who I am and what I should have been are two very different things.

I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home.

I had a huge imagination. My granddad says I was a bit of a Walter Mitty character.

I'm very sensitive. Because my mum was my primary emotional caregiver growing up, I found myself being pinned into dresses, darting her dresses, choosing her high heels for the evening or what to wear. I'm very much a mommy's boy.